The Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodimma, has said the state was moribund and nothing was working when he assumed office on January 15, 2020.
He said he revived the state and brought it back to life after he assumed office, noting that people of the state can see the positive difference he’s made in three years in office.
Uzodinma spoke during an interview with Channels TV on Wednesday.
“Given the situation in Imo State before 2020 when I became the governor and the situation of Imo State today, 2023, three years after, a lot of things are there for people to now know that there is a huge difference.
“When I came to Imo State, I met a moribund state, a state that was in distress. A state, I can even say, that was in the cemetery; I exhumed the body.” he said.
He disclosed that his predecessor left him in a lurch as he didn’t hand over to him appropriately and he had to figure things out on his own which made it difficult for him to start strongly.
“Can you imagine a state where I came as the governor and everybody absconded? No handover note. There was no compass for me to navigate the aircraft.”
According to the governor, after harvesting information from “official and unofficial quarters,” he was able to establish a nominal roll.
Uzodimma added that he “re-established” the civil service, created a payroll, and began to rehabilitate all the infrastructure which he described as dilapidated.
“The infrastructure deficit was so huge, all the roads were not motorable, all the hospitals were not working. I started,” he said
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